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Zimbabwean fintech company, Bitkesh, has rolled out a new WhatsApp-based digital wallet named, Uhuruwallet to help unbanked foreign nationals in South Africa make payments.
The Uhuru digital wallet is a
MTN Group Ltd. cuts off spending for the year to save money and maintaining networks as Africa’s biggest wireless carrier amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
According to a statement
Facebook Inc. in collaboration with China’s largest Telecom carrier, China Mobile Ltd, and other Telecom carriers will build a giant undersea cable to give Africa a faster and more
Uber, the leading ride-hailing service provider, has mandated all its drivers in the United States, Canada, India, most of Europe and Latin America, to wear a mask before offering services.
Digital pitch event ‘The Nest’ is helping African startups acquire over US$135,000 in funding.
The Nest which is supported by UNTAPPED is a Zoom-based digital event where each
Egypt-based digital lending startup, Shahry has received $650,000 in pre-seed funding from the investment arm of Egbank, a leading Egyptian bank.
Shahry uses a proprietary AI-based credit scoring engine
Messaging service Telegram has renounced its blockchain platform Telegram Open Network (TON).
This comes after a lengthy battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The founder and
South African stock exchange startup, A2X Markets has secured an undisclosed investment from Absa bank to offer a strong validation model that can lower the cost of investing.
The startup
Villgro Kenya, a Nairobi-based impact investor has given away the $150,000 in grant funding to 12 startups in East Africa.
These startups are vested in technologies and innovations that
The Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II (NVAF II) has closed $108 million, which will be used to support businesses in both East and West Africa.
Previously, the fund was limited
EMPG, one of the leading digital classifieds groups in the MENA, South Asia, and Southeast Asia regions, has acquired online property platform Lamudi Global.
The acquisition will help EMPG expand
Data science company, Voyance has introduced a fraud monitoring platform named Sigma that accumulates data from fintech within Africa to block fraudsters.
Sigma is a fraud graph database platform that
